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Jeannette Belliveau: Biography


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Author Jeannette Belliveau

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Her books:
Romance on the Road thumbnailRomance on the Road

An Amateur's Guide to the Planet thumbnailAn Amateur's Guide to the Planet

Virtual media kit
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Belliveau's discount travel links
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Intercultural communication reading list
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In 1985, Jeannette Belliveau found herself starting to cry on an obscenely overcrowded Chinese train ride -- which did not bother the uncomplaining Chinese passengers.

Her awful train trip set in motion a broad inquiry, recounted in her book An Amateur's Guide to the Planet, into why Americans are so little prepared for the realities of foreign countries.

With the guidance of more than 20 top scholars and foreign correspondents, Belliveau solved hundreds of mysteries that may confound travelers on culture, economics, politics, history, wildlife behavior, language and geography.

Her second book, Romance on the Road, describes the revolution in mate selection by traveling women who take foreign lovers. Belliveau has outstanding credentials as a journalist, lecturer and traveler:

Today, she is president of her own publishing company, Beau Monde Press ("beautiful world" in French), is a frequent guest on radio and television, and an entertaining professional speaker.

Born in 1954 in Washington, D.C., she now lives in Baltimore's Fells Point maritime district with her husband, artist and historian Lamont W. Harvey, and their singing Shetland sheepdogs.

She conducts "Business Manners in Europe" and "A Traveler's Guide to the Planet" at the Community Colleges of Baltimore County and lectures as a guest to the "Literary Publications" class at the University of Baltimore.

Refreshingly original, Jeannette Belliveau's presentations are full of great anecdotes, information and insight.

Jeannette Belliveau and her sheltie
Jeannette Belliveau and her Shetland sheepdog .........................